Re: Adding lyrics to a "piano" score.

[Alberto Simões]

Hello, Tao

Tao Cumplido wrote:
> you can define a named voice context here:
> upper = { << \new Voice = "melody" \upperA \\ \upper B >> }
> 
> for whatever reason the \voiceOne property gets lost though, so you have to 
> assign it explicitly to upperA like this:
> upperA = { \voiceOne ..music.. }
> 
> to place the lyrics above the staff you have to define the lyrics in score 
> block after the PianoStaff like this:
> 
> \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "upper" }
> {
>    \lyricsto "melody"
>    \song
> }
> 
> the alignAboveContext hast to be a named Staff in this case because lyrics 
> are attached to a Staff.
> 
> I hope it's clear.

Well, I am not yet sure how it works, but it works!!

Thank you :)
My best regards,
Alberto

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tao
> 
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:08:47 +0000
>> Von: "Alberto Simões" <address@hidden>
>> An: lilypond <address@hidden>
>> Betreff: Adding lyrics to a "piano" score.
> 
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have a Piano score (three voices) organized in the following way:
>>
>> upperA = { ... melody ... }
>> upperB = { ... melody ... }
>> upper = { ... << \upperA \\ \upperB >> }
>> lower = { ... melody ... }
>>
>> and
>>
>> \score {
>>   <<
>>     \new PianoStaff <<
>>       \new Staff = "upper" \upper
>>       \new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>     >>
>>   >>
>> ...
>> }
>>
>> Now, I added a variable named "song":
>>
>> song = \lyricmode { Song to be re- ad. }
>>
>> But I can't find a suitable way to associate this lyrics to the upperA
>> melody (and if possible above the staff).
>>
>> Can anybody give me a hint?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Alberto
>>
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>> Alberto Simões - Departamento de Informática - Universidade do Minho
>>                  Campus de Gualtar - 4710-057 Braga - Portugal
>>
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Alberto Simões - Departamento de Informática - Universidade do Minho
                 Campus de Gualtar - 4710-057 Braga - Portugal